UC Irvine

Overview

The challenge that we designed for was to make a building that combines eco-friendly

power and architecture, as well as intelligent systems management that is functional, integrated, environmentally-friendly, and efficient. The building is designed to withstand the seismic activity of Orange County by utilizing a single Friction Pendulum Bearing. The demand for insulation was conquered with respect to natural solutions, resulting in the mass use of smart windows across 77.7% of the surface area. The optimized structure will consider minimal material and cost analysis of environmentally-friendly substance use while maintaining the integrity of the structure through the use of steel-embedded reinforced concrete columns. The unique factor of the Solarflair is the significant savings in lighting and HVAC costs without sacrificing comfortable temperature and brightness. Along with seismic activity, solar energy, energy conservation, and smart technology will be integrated together in order to create one centralized system. This system will accommodate preferences for each employee within the offices as well as provide a safe work environment. Also, an interior delivery system will be used in order to automatically deliver packages directly to the office of the recipient. Overall, the building combines eco-friendly and efficient architectural design, a conveyor belt-driven internal delivery system, a solar and hydropower focused energy generation and conservation system with an intelligent, machine learning-based device management system in order to achieve our goal of an integrated design.

Goal

Our goal was to make a building that integrates eco-friendly power and architecture, as well as intelligent systems management, that is functional, environmentally-friendly, and efficient.

Objectives

Create a smart, energy efficient building where the majority of digital components are

synchronized via IoT and ethernet connection

Determine the hardware and software components necessary for managing the energy

consumption of each floor within the building and use a machine learning API to allocate

power efficiently

Use a combination of RFID tags and sensors to maintain a comfortable work

environment while keeping checks and fail-safes in place to conserve energy

Design a sample layout of our proposed building, complete with sensors Integrate a smart fire prevention network to effectively control and prevent fire while

preventing water damage

Maximize the lighting of the building by having smart windows use up to 80-85% of the walls to produce that given light while simultaneously working as an insulator to keep the building at a set temperature.

○ Summer: keep it cool

○ Winter: keep it warm

Presented at the UCI Engineering Conference, May 26-28, 2018 at University of California Irvine.

URL: http://www.engineeringconferenceuci.com/index.html